Workers on our Knees - Day of Prayer
2026-01-21 | NY
On this day, we’ll once again invite workers from across Canada to join together in prayer for our workplaces, our colleagues, and our nation.
🕛 National Prayer Time:

12:00 p.m. Eastern (Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal)
11:00 a.m. Central (Winnipeg)
10:00 a.m. Mountain (Calgary, Edmonton)
9:00 a.m. Pacific (Vancouver, Victoria)
1:00 p.m. Atlantic (Halifax, Moncton)
1:30 p.m. Newfoundland (St. John’s)

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Online - Pastors and Leaders Prayer Forum
2026-02-18 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | NY
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Pastors and Leaders Prayer Forum
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada is hosting a prayer initiative for Canadian pastors and leaders.
Please join us for these free, online events. For each event, we’ll be inviting a guest speaker to share on the topic of prayer. We will also break into small groups to pray for one another and the church in Canada.

Fred Hartley has pastored One Mission Church since 1988, an exciting and influential international church in Atlanta, GA. In 1997 he started the College of Prayer with a vision to mentor pastors and leaders to reach a lost world through a revived church. Today there are 9.3 million campuses of the College of Prayer in 227 nations and territories, and they have now trained 96.3 million pastors and leaders around the world. He and Sherry have been married 52 years. They have 4 children who are each married, and they have 16 grandchildren. Fred loves Christ and the local church.

Online - Easter Presentation and Prayer Forum
2026-03-26 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | NY
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The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada is hosting an online Presentation and Prayer Forum for Canadian pastoral, denominational, ministry organization, and academic leaders.
Easter is on April 5. Many nominal Christians, seekers, and unchurched people will attend Christmas and Easter church services. These are opportune times for churches to serve their communities and offer compelling glimpses of the gospel. These also provide an opportunity for faith-filled, missional prayer for church unity and gospel witness.
With this in mind, guest presenter Mark Buchanan has been invited to share his reflections on Easter and the church’s missional opportunities.
After Mark’s presentation, we’ll pray in large and small group settings, that people who may not normally attend church will do so; that pastors and parishioners will be prepared to share the gospel; and that churches will demonstrate Christian unity where joint Easter services are being held.

Mark Buchanan is an associate professor of pastoral theology at Ambrose University, a graduate of Regent College, a pastor for over two decades, and the author of 13 books (fiction and non-fiction), including the forthcoming What is Left of the Night: A World War II Novel (Kregel). He and his wife Cheryl also lead New Story Community, a ministry that promotes the flourishing of Indigenous women.

Ignite Edmonton - Central Baptist Church
2026-04-17 12:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | Central Baptist Church – Multiple Locations
Connors Hill and McDougall Campuses
Registration Closes April 12th.
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FREE SEMINARS AND DINNER FOR PASTORS & LEADERS
Connors Hill Campus: 9419, 95 St. NW in Bonnie Doon, Edmonton
12:00 Noon – Registration
12:45pm – Welcome & Vision of Ignite Prayer Canada
1:10pm – Seminar 1: “Cultivating a Culture of Prayer in the Church”: Jacob George
2:10pm – Break
2:45pm – Seminar 2: “Cultivating Evangelistic Prayer in the Church”: Kathy McIntosh
3:45pm – Prayer for Leaders
4:15pm – Free Catered Dinner
5:30 pm – Travel to McDougall Campus for Public Prayer and Worship Summit (10-minute drive)
FREE PUBLIC PRAYER & WORSHIP SUMMIT FOR ALL
McDougall Campus: 10086 MacDonald Drive NW, Edmonton
5:30pm — Doors Open
6:30pm — Worship | Prayer for Unity – Spiritual Awakening – Holiness | Worship and Blessing
9:00pm — Dismiss
Parking: Parking is available at the McDougall Campus but it is limited. Additional parking can be found across the street in the Chateau Lacombe parkade. There is a small charge for parking at each location.
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IGNITE EDMONTON SEMINAR PRESENTERS

Jacob George is an ordained minister with the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada (EMCC). He is the Pastor of Prayer Ministry at the Central Campus of Centre Street Church, Calgary, and Community Pastor for Downtown and South Calgary. He has served with Youth for Christ and the Navigators. Jacob helps Centre Street Church become a praying church – a house of prayer for all nations.

Kathy McIntosh — Kathy completed her 28th year of Pastoral Ministry serving as Youth/Young Adults Pastor, Associate Pastor, and finally Community Outreach Pastor, and transitioned into her current role as National Prayer Coordinator for Alpha Canada in 2021. Kathy is 61 years of age and has been married 40 years to her best friend and ministry partner David. She has two adult sons, a daughter-in-law and is blessed to have 2 grandchildren. Kathy’s Spiritual Gifts lie in evangelism, prayer, discernment and shepherding. Her ministry now includes serving the Church across Canada through prayer, prayer training, and supporting Pastors, Priests and Ministry Leaders. She loves the local church. Kathy desires to see all come to Christ and lives her own life as a witness for Him.

IGNITE EDMONTON WORSHIP LEADERS

Levi Nigh, Zack Barker, and Mike Pronk lead the worship ministries at each Central Baptist Church site. As worship pastors, they love to serve the church, equip and release others, and cultivate a posture of prayer and openness to God’s Kingdom across Edmonton.

Ignite Victoria - Victoria Church of the Nazarene
2026-05-08 12:00 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver) | Victoria Church of the Nazarene, 4277 Quadra St, Victoria, BC
Post-event videos:

Seminar 1: “Cultivating a Culture of Prayer in the Local Church” – Jacob George. Jacob George is an ordained minister with the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada (EMCC). He is the Pastor of Prayer Ministry at the Central Campus of Centre Street Church, Calgary, and Community Pastor for Downtown and South Calgary. Jesus said, “My house shall be a house of prayer” (Matthew 21:13). Paul exhorted, “Devote yourselves to prayer” (Colossians 4:2). This seminar encouraged our local church leaders’ abilities to cultivate a culture of devoted prayer in our local church, permeated by God’s transforming presence.

Seminar 2: “Cultivating Evangelistic Prayer in the Church” – Kathy McIntosh. Kathy completed her 28th year of Pastoral Ministry serving as Youth/Young Adults Pastor, Associate Pastor, and finally Community Outreach Pastor, and transitioned into her current role as National Prayer Coordinator for Alpha Canada in 2021. This session helped to equip those present with strategic tools to move prayer from an internal focus to an outward-facing, missional catalyst.

Ignite Prayer Canada Public Prayer & Worship. This evening event gave us opportunity as the City Church to worship & pray together for 3 specific themes: #1 Prayer for Missional Unity, Peace & Reconciliation Locally & Nationally; #2 Prayer for Spiritual Awakening & the Harvest; #3 Prayer for the Fullness of the Spirit & Holiness. These 3 prayer times were led jointly by Ignite Prayer Canada leaders & Victoria City Church leaders.

Online - EFC Presentation and Prayer Forum
2026-05-14 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | NY
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada invites all staff and leaders of EFC affiliate churches, denominations, ministry organizations, and post-secondary institutions to join us for a free online Presentation and Prayer Forum, May 14, 2026 (8:00 a.m. Pacific / 9:00 a.m. Mountain / 10:00 a.m. Central / 11:00 a.m. Eastern / 12:00 p.m. Atlantic / 12:30 p.m. NL).

In 2025, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada adopted a new strategic plan. One of our top priorities is to ask God to use the EFC and its affiliates to encourage the calling and sending of God’s people with the gospel of the Kingdom into the rich harvest field of Canada and the world. Our goal is to foster greater visible unity in gospel witness. One way to achieve this is “to practise and promote prayer among EFC staff and affiliates for gospel mission and workers” (Matt. 9:38).

To this end, the EFC’s prayer ambassador, Roger Helland, will share principles and practices of evangelistic prayer for the harvest, drawing from Scripture, history, and personal testimony. This will be followed by large- and small- group evangelistic prayer.

Roger Helland serves as the prayer ambassador of The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and as a lead team member of Ignite Prayer Canada. As a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.) and Trinity Western University (DMin.), he has served as a pastor, district minister, and adjunct professor at several theological schools and is the author of seven books, including Pursuing God’s Presence. Roger is devoted to prayer, spiritual leadership, and church renewal.

Schedule

Welcome: Rick Hiemstra, EFC Director of Centre for Research on Church & Faith
Presentation: Roger Helland, EFC prayer ambassador
Large group prayer
– Gloria Willoughby, manager, Crossroads 24/7 Prayer Centre
– Trevor Seath, executive director, Ontario Conference of MB Churches
Small group prayer in breakout rooms of 8 each
Blessing: Rick Hiemstra, EFC Director of Centre for Research on Church & Faith

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Time: May 14, 2026 (8:00 a.m. Pacific / 9:00 a.m. Mountain / 10:00 a.m. Central / 11:00 a.m. Eastern / 12:00 p.m. Atlantic / 12:30 p.m. NL).
https://theefc.zoom.us/j/81918601715
Meeting ID: 819 1860 1715

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Online - Pastors and Leaders Prayer Forum
2026-05-27 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | NY
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Pastors and Leaders Prayer Forum
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada is hosting a prayer initiative for Canadian pastors and leaders.
Please join us for these free, online events. For each event, we’ll be inviting a guest speaker to share on the topic of prayer. We will also break into small groups to pray for one another and the church in Canada.

Chris Ivany is the Lead Pastor of Rock Church in Halifax, a church he grew up attending. In the last number of years Rock Church has put an extra effort into creating a culture of prayer and they are seeing the fruit of extraordinary prayer. Chris has also recently taken the leadership of Pray Nova Scotia which gathers pastors and leaders each month from across the province to pray together. Chris and his wife Jen are blessed to pastor together and they have 5 children.
